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Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. – Honore de Balzac

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In America everybody is of opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. – Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, 1950

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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously. – Bashar al-Assad

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There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life. – Harry Bridges

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Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from womens point of view. – Jenny Shipley

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Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others. – Amelia Earhart

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Candor is a compliment it implies equality. Its how true friends talk. – Peggy Noonan

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When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die! – Anna Letitia Barbauld

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I dont find music being less important than, like, politics. – Kurt Loder

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